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Car Boot Sale Bargains
2008-06-01 18:56:00 A car boot sale is a great place for bargains. Today I went to have a little look at a large one in Swansea for an hour or two. I ended up buying two bonsai books called “Pocket Bonsai” by David Prescott (and Colin Lewis as consultant editor!) and “The Essential Bonsai” by ... More About: Sale , Boot
The Common Woodlouse - Friend or Foe?
2008-05-25 16:39:00 Woodlice are insects that we see very often in the garden. Their main purpose in life is to eat wood so should we be worried about them around our bonsai? Well the simple answer to that is yes you should be worried if you see them in your bonsai pot. They do eat wood, ... More About: Friend , Common , Friend or Foe
Care of Flowering Bonsai Trees
2008-05-20 22:12:00 Seeing as this week is the week of the Chelsea Flower Show I thought I’d write about flowers. Some bonsai are enhanced by flowers such as the azalea or serissa. They do however sometimes need a bit of special care and feeding so that they remain healthy during and after flowering. The main part to remember is that they will need more fertilizer than usual during the flowering and afterwards too. You can use your normal bonsai fertilizer for this purpose. They also need to be checked that they have enough water while in flower as it can drink more than normal while they are there. On some bonsai trees the flowers turn into fruit afterwards such as apples or cherries. It is not recommended that you let the bonsai grow fruit every season as it can really put a drain on it’s resources. It takes an immense amount of sugars and nutrients to create fruits so it should not be taken they it will be able to grow them often. It’s best to pluck them off when still small ... More About: Care , Trees , Bonsai
Leaves Give A Tree Strength
2008-05-15 21:20:00 Leaves are there to build up a tree’s strength. Cut down a small sapling to below the leaves and chances are it will not survive. The leaves actually convert sunlight into sugars which can then be used to heal broken bark, grow extra roots and branches and generally get stronger. Use leaves to help ... More About: Give , Tree , Leaves
Planting Bonsai in the Ground - Nature?s healer
2008-05-05 20:19:00 Planting a bonsai tree in the ground is the best thing you can do for a sickly tree in a pot. fact. I have tried many many different techniques but found this to be the best option for you if you think your tree is dead or has lost all it’s leaves. If you have been reading ... More About: Science , Nature , Ground , Bonsai , Planting
Now Updated to Wordpress 2.51
2008-05-05 20:08:00 I’ve been putting off the update of this site for way too long. Today I got hacked, I found a load of hidden porn links on the site. Well I learnt my lesson and from now on I will keep it up to date! I think I’ve now removed them all. If you notice anymore ... More About: Wordpress
Car Boot Sale - Singleton Hospital, Swansea
2008-05-04 18:51:00 Next Saturday (10th of May 2008) I will be setting up a stall for the day at the Singleton car boot sale as long as the weather is ok! I will be taking along some nice small bonsai to sell quite cheap. If anyones in the area and wants to come check them out please ... More About: Hospital , Sale , Boot
Happy Birthday Bonsai Art!
2008-05-01 21:21:00 Bonsai Art is 1 year old today hip hip hooray!! Here are some lovely pictures of a dragonfly I found on my ornamental apple bonsai today. ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Bonsai , Happy Birthday
One Year Birthday
2008-04-27 17:27:00 In just a few days it will be a whole year since Bonsai Art was first put online! The 1st of May is the official birthday. I am pleased with it’s first year on the internet. I think it’s definitely got a lot more potential for growth in it and I look ... More About: Misc , Birthday , Year
The Shape You Want to Achieve
2008-04-24 19:39:00 What shape should you be trying to achieve with your bonsai? There are basically three different styles of bonsai which you can train your tree into. All of them are fine and none of them are the wrong style. When you style your bonsai you can do it any way you want to, it’s ... More About: Shape , Pruning
The Oak & Ash Race
2008-04-14 18:17:00 Every year the oak and the ash have a race to see who can open it’s leaves first. The oak and ash are both completely different in that they respond to different factors to whether they open their leaves or not. The oak responds to warmth. Periods of more warmth in early spring will ... More About: Seasons , Race
A Well Set Out Bonsai Garden
2008-04-13 18:07:00 Heres an example of a well set out bonsai garden. Found on youtube [ youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J zqIg5hisE] © Written by Adam Nantel - please visit Bonsai Art for more great content. More About: Garden
Overnight Snow
2008-04-06 11:41:00 We had some snow last night here in Wales which left the garden looking very pure and white. I was considering covering up the trees which have come into leaf last night but I prefer to let things happen naturally, plus I was feeling ill. They might have a little bit of frost damage as a result but it shouldn’t last too long until new leaves appear again. Quite a lot of the bonsai have not sprouted leaves yet anyway, it’s mainly only the smaller more eager shrubs such as berberis, hawthorn and cherry. Hazel is starting to come into leaf also but this late snow might knock it back a bit. Here are some pictures of my snow covered trees for you: Juniper Hinoki Cypress 2 junipers and a japanese maple © Written by Adam Nantel - please visit Bonsai Art for more great content. More About: Snow
Big Bang world record (part 2)
2008-04-06 11:24:00 401-Life Is Like That (That’s Life) 402-Life With Roxxymetal 403-SEXY MOMMA 404-The Z Files 405-I’ll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book! 406-DOODLE PAGE 407-Escape Hatch 408-The Official Afterslaughter Weblog 409-Mommy’s Little Corner 410-MALTED MONKEY 411-MOM AND THE CITY 412-Life with the Two Crazy Dogs 413-the joys (and pains) of being a woman (My Untamed World ) 414-Making Cents-Sense of Technology 415-USER GAME REVIEWS 416-Write Shy 417-DOMANTYS.net 418-ZWANG 419-ANYTHING GOES! (my world, my place, my views…!) 420-Matt’s blog (World of Insanity) 421-Lifestyle chronicles 422-The Alien Next Door 423-CMAQUEST 424-The Mascot 425-NARUTO ADDICT MANIA 426-Friendster Layouts 427-borneo tatoo…the original body ink 428-DOMANTIX 429-CULTURED SHOCK 430-EuWorx 431-HUBPRIME 432-STAR SURFACE 433-MY KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD 434-luckycharms 435-John’s Blog - Maybe I Am Joking? 436-NEW WORDPRESS THEMES 437-WEB VIDEO HITS 438-TOP MUSIC VIDEOS 439-TEXT MESSAGES... More About: World Record , Bang , Big Bang , Part
Big Bang world record (part 1)
2008-04-06 11:22:00 Here is a list of blog sites which are part of the Big Bang world record list. It is in two separate posts because the list is so large: *Start Copy Here*You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is simple and so are the rules. 1. Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here* 2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post the “Big Bang ” at each site you add. 3. Tag or don’t tag, your choice, however, the more tags you create the longer the list will grow. 4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list. (If you would like a scroll box code, leave me your email address and I will email it to you.) Scroll Box Example. (I decided not to use the box for the Big Bang for ease of copying.) 5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as much link benefit as the first ones in. Once you are on the master list people who have... More About: World , World Record , Part
Garfield & Oak
2008-04-02 20:10:00 Here’s my cat Garfield sitting in my growing bed next to an oak © Written by Adam Nantel - please visit Bonsai Art for more great content.
New Tree Additions
2008-03-30 20:30:00 I’ve acquired a few new trees in the last few weeks which are (hopefully) the last ones I will get before the growing season. I have to stop myself now that its spring, from buying or digging up any more..! New berberis styled over deadwood (from a serissa that died on me!) Blackthorn Yamadori - 20 ... More About: Selling , Tree
Repotted My Oak
2008-03-30 16:30:00 Today I repotted my oak tree. I put it back in the same pot as before but gave it a little trim. I gave it a new soil mix and covered the soil with grit and fertilizer. I think it could do with going in a ceramic pot now but that will ... More About: Pruning
The Ancient Art of Creating a Bonsai From a Stump?
2008-03-26 20:17:00 Here in the UK we don’t like to wait for long. Don’t get me wrong, we seem to love queuing up in shops for as long as it takes. It doesn’t matter to us if we wait in the post office line for half an hour as long as we get there in ... More About: Creating , Bonsai , Ancient
A Wet Boot Sale
2008-03-16 20:29:00 Quite a few people turned up to the bonsai boot sale in Birmingham this morning but I’m sure there would have been a lot more if it didn’t rain so much early on! I was in two minds about going myself listening to the rain through the night. To be honest I didn’t sell very ... More About: Selling , Sale , Boot
Outdoor Bonsai - The Standard
2008-03-14 19:50:00 “I thought bonsai were supposed to be kept indoors” or “Shouldn’t those trees be inside?” are statements that I hear all too often. Outdoor bonsai are truly better than indoor trees for dozens of reasons. I think just about anybody would struggle to keep a bonsai indoors for one simple reason: It’s a tree. Most ... More About: Standard , Bonsai
The Trees That Made Britain
2008-03-10 19:17:00 I’ve been watching an interesting program on TV called the trees that made Britain . I think it’s a repeat, but it’s new to me so that’s good. The program is currently being broadcasted on UK TV Gardens on cable and sky. It explores the way that these trees were such a major part of ... More About: Trees , Made
Cypress Death - A Long Process
2008-03-08 12:03:00 In the last week or so I’ve noticed that a shrub which forms part of my hedge has died. There is no reason why it should have died, it’s had ample water, light and oxygen. The secret lies in the waxy coating which cypress have on their needles. It was probably dead a few ... More About: Death , Long , Process
1st Of March
2008-03-01 20:19:00 According to the met office springtime officially starts today. Yet historically it has started nearer the end of March . It’s true that trees are starting to sprout leaves but it is still only a handful compared to the majority of them. On the bbc website I found this: Much of the country is in the ... More About: Seasons
Weathered Bonsai
2008-03-01 11:21:00 Fantastic Weathered Bonsai found at Loren Webster’s blog. ... More About: Pruning
Springtime Has Hit The Gower
2008-02-24 18:20:00 Finally springtime has started to kick in. It’s been happening slowly since the last frost a week ago mostly with only hawthorns so far. I found one which was nearly fully in leaf this morning. I’ve been on pins the last few weeks waiting for my bonsai to come back into leaf. I ... More About: Seasons , Springtime
Creature From The Deep
2008-02-17 20:47:00 This weekend I acquired a very odd looking tree which I have named the creature from the deep! It was growing in the side of a very steep slope of loose coal which we call slag heaps. The main trunk had been snapped by someone who was probably sliding/falling down it and used ... More About: Deep , Creature
Bonsai Size Classification
2008-02-16 10:45:00 I was searching the internet for the proper size for mame bonsai and found this interesting table of bonsai size classes. Japanese classification Required hands to move bonsai Approximate size Imperial Eight-handed bonsai 60 to 80 inches Hachi-uye Six-handed bonsai 40 to 60 inches Dai or Omono Four-handed bonsai 30 to 48 inches ... More About: Bonsai , Size
Bonsai Boot Sale
2008-02-10 17:49:00 Sunday March 16th there is going to be a bonsai boot sale at Birmingham botanical gardens in the car park. It starts at 8am and finishes about 12pm. It only happens once a year so book your place now if you want to be a part of it. More info at fobbs ... More About: Sale , Bonsai , Boot
And The Winner Is?
More articles from this author:2008-02-09 21:42:00 The past week or two I have been keeping an eye on the bonsai in my garden as spring slowly approaches us. Buds of many trees have been slowly swelling in anticipation of the heat and sun that is soon to come. Cherry trees are one of the first ones to respond to ... More About: Seasons , Winner 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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